Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) van (b) sun (c) log
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) sun (b) dog (c) hat
- 3.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pin (b) rat (c) web
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) van (b) box (c) bed
- 5.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 6.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 7.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pin (b) log (c) map
- 9.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bug (b) map (c) hen
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) can (b) hug (c) zip
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) dog (b) zip (c) cup
- 13.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) bug (c) hen
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) fox (b) map (c) hug
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) leg (b) bus (c) box
- 17.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) can (b) dot (c) ten
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bin (b) leg (c) cup
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bed (b) map (c) sun
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) hat (c) pig
- 21.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pin (c) bug
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) leg (b) hug (c) log
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) van (b) run (c) lip
- 24.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 25.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hat (b) six (c) bed
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cat (b) gem (c) sun
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) six (c) map
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dog (b) lip (c) web
- 30.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 31.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 32.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dot (c) sun
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bin (b) dog (c) tap
- 35.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) gem (c) dog
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) six (b) log (c) bed
- 37.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) sun (c) leg
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) hen (b) sun (c) tap
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cap (b) six (c) dog
Answer key
- log
- dog
- web
- box
- i
- o
- o
- log
- u
- hen
- zip
- cup
- i
- bug
- fox
- box
- dot
- leg
- sun
- hat
- log
- log
- van
- a
- e
- bed
- sun
- box
- web
- a
- u
- a
- sun
- tap
- dog
- bed
- a
- cap
- hen
- six
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